Re: Back to work!

[Sayamindu Dasgupta <sayamindu randomink org>]

On Tue, 2004-09-07 at 12:03 +0200, Vincent Untz wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Summer is ending, and this is a sign: we have to go back to work.
> So here's a quick summary of what we have to do:
> 
> * process remaining applications
>   => Gael has one a good work of summarizing the applications. If
>      everyone helps, this should be easy to handle.
> 
> * send renewals notices
>   => lots of memberships have ended. We need to tell people they
>      have to renew. Once people say they want to renew, we just
>      have to accept them (according to the guidelines). So this
>      is not too hard.
>      If there's no volunteer for that, I can send the mails
>      telling people they have to renew.

Maybe a general announcement on the foundation list (I believe that the
ex-members are still subscribed to that) would be a better idea. Also,
maybe a post on footnotes ??

> 
> * prepare the elections
>   => we should submit a timeline for the next elections to the
>      board, and then send it to foundation-announce.
>      Any volunteer for that? A good start is to look at what was
>      done last year.
> 
> * membership database
>   => Eric is doing a good job there. I need to write a script so
>      he can import the data in the database.

If you guys need any help with PHP/MySQL, let me know. 
Right now, I can only work during the weekends, but within a month or
so, I'll be able to work throughout the week.

> 
> * referendum
>   => we're so late on this one... Organizing the referendum won't
>      be too hard (it's a bit like elections...). But the proposal
>      for the anonymous voting mechanism should be worked on.
>      I think we'll need help from people not in the committee for
>      this...
>      What do you think?
> 
> Did I forget some stuff? Any volunteer for some of the tasks?

-sdg-


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